Line-up and registering device.



R. L. HENDRICK.

LINE-UP AND REGISTERING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 15, 1914.

Patented Apr. 13, 19115.

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W NE THE NORRIS PETERS co., FHOTO-LITHLZ. WASHINGTON. n. z

R. L. HENDRICK.

LINE-UP AND REGISTERING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED 05c. 15, 1914.

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THE NORRIS PETERS CO., PHOTO-LITHO., WASHINGTON. u. c.

Patented Apr. 13, 11915.

RAY L. HENDRIGK, 01E TAKOMA PARK, MARTY LAND.

LINE-"UP AND REGISTERING DEVICE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. f3, i915.

Application filed December 15, 1914. Serial No. 877,354.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, RAY L. HENDRIGK, acitizen of the United States, residing at Takoma Park, county ofMontgomery, and State of Maryland, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Line-Up and Registering Devices, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention relates to a line up and registering device for use inconjunction with the usual printers imposing stone.

The object of my invention is to provide means for assisting the printerin making ready the form or signature for the press, whereby a largeamount of time may be saved and the greatest accuracy attained inperforming this work.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device for the purposementioned which may be used in conjunction with the ordinary imposingstone, to the end that said stones which may be in use need not bediscarded upon the installation of my improved device.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device of the characterstated whereby later editions of a work may be made to accuratelyconform to the preceding ones, as to margins, spacings, and register,without entailing additional time or labor on the part of the printer inpreparing and making ready the forms.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device of the classmentioned, which will not interfere with the usual uses of the stone andwhich will not be in the way when placing the forms on the stone.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device of the characterstated which, after all the parts are in position, will not interferewith shifting the form on the stone.

@ther objects will appear hereinafter.

With these objects in view my invention consists generally in aplurality of members adapted to be rigidly secured in positionsurrounding the stone and provided in their upper edges with a pluralityof transverse grooves or notches to receive a string and support thesame slightly more than type height above the face of the stone.

My invention further consists in a line up and registering devicecomprising elongated members detachably secured imposition surroundingan imposing stone and means on the upper edges of said members foraccurately positioning and securing a string slightly more than typeheight above the face of the stone.

My invention further consists in a frame adapted to be secured inposition about the stone in place of the usual wood frame or coflin saidframe being provided with elongated sockets and members detachablyarranged in said sockets and equipped on their upper edges with meansfor accurately positioning and supporting a string in position above thestone.

My invention further consists in a line up and registering device asmentioned further characterized by means for accurately positioning thestrips within the sockets whereby said strips will be accuratelypositioned with relation to each other and the stone.

My invention further consists in various details of construction andarrangement of parts all as will be fully described hereinafter andparticularly pointed out in the claims.

My invention will be more readily understood by reference to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and inwhich Figure 1 is a plan view of an imposing stone equipped with a lineup and registering device embodying my invention, Fig. 2 is a transversesection on the line xw of Fig. 1 with the respective elongatedsupporting member removed from the socket. Fig. 3 is a perspective viewof one corner of an imposing stone equipped with my invention, Fig. 4 isan elevation upon an enlarged scale, partially broken away of one of theelongated string supporting members, Fig. 5 is a similar view of theinner face thereof, Fig. 6 is a fragmentary perspective view of aportion of one of said members upon a much enlarged scale, Fig. 7 is anenlarged sec tional view on the line 3 -g of Fig. 1, and Fig. 8 is ahorizontal section 011 the line zz of Fig. 7 illustrated upon a muchenlarged scale, the thumb screw being shown in elevation.

Referring now to the drawings 1 indicates an imposing stone which issupported in any well known or preferred manner and 2 indicates a framepreferably of metal and surrounding the stone in place of the usualwooden frame or COfllll. This is secured in position in any preferredmanner as by means of the screws 2. It will be noted, by reference toFig. 7 that the frame 2 is arranged with its upper face slightly belowthe face of the stone 1, as is usual with the wooden frame for wellknown reasons. Secured to the frame members 2 in any preferred mannerare outer frame members 3 which are provided in their inner faces withrecesses f to receive the lower edges of elongated members 5. It shouldbe noted that the recesses 4 are substantially co-extensive in lengthwith the adjacent side or end of the stone as will be clear by reference to Fig. l of the drawing.

The members 5 extend upwardly so that their upper edges lie in a planeslightly more than type height above the face of the stone and the upperedges are provided with a plurality of transverse notches or grooves 6which are arranged apart any preferred distance such as twelve point orpica.

In using the device strings 7 are stretched from one member 5 to theopposite member both transversely and longitudinally of the stone andare positioned by means of the notches .6 so as to lay off the stone inspaces corresponding to thepage forms and margins of the signature. Bythe word string I wish it to be understood that I mean a strand of anysuitable material either metallic or fibrous as either will serve thepurpose equally well. The outer faces of the members 5 are equipped witha plurality of pins 8, which are preferably headed to facilitatesecuring the strings 7 in position as will be clearly understood byrefer ence to Fig. 3. The members 5 are detachably arranged in thesockets 4 by which construction they may be readily removed when desiredso as not to interfere with the usual uses of the stone or with theplacing of the forms on the same. After the page forms have "been placedon the stone the members 5 may be readily placed in position within thesockets, the strings stretched in proper position and then the pageforms shifted beneath the strings until they are in their properpositions as indicated by the strings.

It should be noted that the strips are provided with symbols or numbers9 indicating the notch numbers in the edges so that after a form orsignature is once set up with the aid of my improved device, a record ofthe numbers of the notches employed may be made after which furthereditions of the work may be set up to accurately conform with theoriginal by merely stretching the strings from the same notches andbringing the page forms into corresponding positions. To this end, andalso to insure accurate registering of the pages it is necessary thatthe strips 5 be accurately secured in identically the same vpositionseach time the device is used. To accomplish this I provide the thumbscrews 10, which project through apertures 11 in the outer frame members3 and are provided with reduced ends 12 threaded into the frame members2. The screws 10 project through the sockets 4 and are providedintermediate their ends with conical portions 13 which engage in conicalapertures 14 in the strips 5. After the strips 5 are placed within thesockets 4 the screws 10 are inserted and it is obvious that bytightsuing the same the conical portions 14 will draw the strips intoaccurate position.

With a device as above described I have found by actual experience thata large amount of time is saved in making up the forms or signatures,and that on account of the great accuracy attained in this work,considerable time is also saved in making ready on the press.Furthermore, my device will not interfere with the usual uses of thestone and will not interfere in any way with the placing of the forms onthe same. Furthermore, in installing the devices embodying my inventionit is not necessary for the printer to discard his imposing stone as thedevice may be made to replace the usual wooden frame or coiiinsurrounding the same. Furthermore, the time necessary in stringing thedevice is reduced to a minimum. The operation and uses of the devicehave been described throughout the description and it is thereforeunnecessary to recapitulate the same or enter into a more detaileddescription thereof.

I claim 1. An imposing stone in combination with means for securelyholding a string in position slightly more than type height above saidstone, substantially as described.

2. A line up and registering device for imposing stones comprisingmembers rigidly secured in position adjacent the edges of the stone uponopposite sides thereof and means on said members adapted to hold astring in -position slightly more than type height above the stone,substantially as described.

3. An imposing stone in combination with a line up and registeringdevice comprising members fixed upon opposite sides of said stone withtheir upper edges slightly more than type height above the face of saidstone and said upper edges being provided with a plurality of transversenotches, as and for the purpose specified.

4. An imposing stone in combination with a line up and registeringdevice comprising elongated members detachably secured upon oppositesides of said stone, means on the upper edges of said members foraccurately positioning a string slightly more than type height above theface of the stone, and means for securing the string in positionsubstantially as described.

5. An imposing stone, there being sockets arranged adjacent the sidesand ends of said stone, elongated members removably resting in saidsockets and said members being provided on their upper edges with meansfor accurately positioning a string slightly more than type height abovethe face of the stone, and means for securing the string in positionsubstantially as described.

6. A line up and registering device of the class mentioned comprising aframe adapted to be secured about an imposing stone in place of theusual wooden frame, said frame being provided with sockets substantiallyco-extensive in length with the adjacent edge of the stone, elongatedmembers arranged in said sockets and projecting upwardly therefrom,means on the upper edges of said members for accurately positioning astring slightly more than type height above the face of the stone, andmeans for securing the string in position substantially as described.

7. A line up and registering device of the class mentioned comprising aframe adapted to be secured about an imposing stone in place of theusual wooden frame, said frame being provided with sockets substantiallyco-eXtensive in length with the adjacent edge of the stone, elongatedmembers arranged in said sockets and projecting upwardly therefrom,means on the upper edges of said members for accurately positioning astring slightly more than type height above the face of the stone andmeans for securing the string in position, and means for accuratelypositioning said members within said sockets, substantially asdescribed.

8. An imposing stone, a frame secured about said stone, second framemembers secured to the outer faces of the first said frame members, thelast mentioned members having recesses formed in their inner faces andwith the first mentioned frame members forming sockets, elongatedmembers detachably arranged in said sockets and projecting upwardlytherefrom, means on the upper edges of said members for accuratelypositioning a string above the face of said stone, and means forsecuring the string in position substantially as described.

9. In a device of the class described, a pair of elongated membersadapted to be secured adjacent the sides of an imposing stone and asimilar pair of members adapted to be secured adjacent the ends thereof,said members being substantially co-extensive in length with the sidesand ends respectively of the stone, the upper edges of said membersbeing provided with transverse regularly arranged notches, indices forsaid notches, and string engaging members arranged at intervals on theouter faces of said elongated members, substantially as described.

lO. In a device of the class described, frame members adapted to inclosethe edges of an imposing stone, and provided in their upper faces withelongated sockets, elongated members detachably resting in said socketsand projecting upwardly from said frame members, said elongated membersbeing provided in their upper edges with transverse regularly arrangednotches, the portions of said elongated members within said socketsbeing provided with conical apertures and members projected through saidframe members and sockets and provided with conical portions engaging insaid conical apertures as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

RAY L. HENDRICK.

Witnesses:

SANFORD M. HARLAN, LLOYD M. FISHER.

Uopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

